Joelle

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Joelle: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Joelle: Recorded since 1984, it reached #442 in 1988, and it stood at #3,015 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
33times a registrar ranked it
41years from first to last
#442highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1112
1997	#1074
1998	#1036
1999	#1473
2000	#1389
2001	#2466
2002	#1658
2003	#1269
2004	#1836
2005	#1589
2006	#1585
2007	#1656
2008	#1815
2009	#2019
2010	#3533
2011	#2025
2012	#2338
2013	#3536
2014	#2058
2015	#1783
2016	#1834
2017	#2502
2018	#2340
2019	#3151
2020	#3447
2021	#1785
2022	#2488
2023	#2201
2024	#3015

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2008: #750 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1815 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1984–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1984
First recorded at #516 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1984 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1984–2008
Highest recorded position: #442 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1988 (recorded 1984–2008).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3015 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Joelle appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 29 ranked years and 356 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1984.

Joelle across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Joelle's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#1112 (1996)	#1036 (1998)	#3015 (2024)	29 of 29	356 (1996–2024)	20 (1998)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#516 (1984)	#442 (1988)	#750 (2008)	4 of 25	14 (1984–2008)	4 (1988)

Joelle by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Joelle in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	67	4 of 10	17
2000sbusiest	128	10 of 10	13
2010s	109	10 of 10	11
2020s	52	5 of 10	10

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 13 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Joelle appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1984 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #442 in Republic of Ireland in 1988.

Joelle's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#3015	8	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2201	12	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2488	10	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1785	16	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3447	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3151	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2340	11	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2502	10	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1834	16	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1783	16	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2058	13	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3536	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2338	11	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2025	13	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2019	12	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1815	14	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1656	15	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1585	15	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1589	14	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1836	11	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1269	17	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1658	11	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2466	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1389	13	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1473	12	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1036	20	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1074	18	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1112	17	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#750	4	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#620	3	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#442	4	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1984 and 2024, ranked in 31 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #442, first reached in 1988.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 20 births, registered in England and Wales in 1998.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 7 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 12 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Joella · #1863, 25y
Joey · #78, 32y
Jofrid · #218, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Zayyan · #442, 28y
Christiana · #443, 29y
Emanuela · #443, 26y
Eniola · #441, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Deana · #445, 24y
Stacie · #446, 22y
Darlene · #432, 19y
Genna · #456, 14y

Joelle was ranked #442 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1988. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Joelle and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Joelle without appearing here.

Joelle moved ahead of

Tracy Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3447 and #2449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1785 and #5581.
Donna Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3447 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1785 and #4634.
Belinda Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3536 and #2062 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2058 and #4684.
Geraldine Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3536 and #3536 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2058 and #4684.

Moved ahead of Joelle

Beau Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1389 and #3247 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #2466 and #1107.
Ingrid Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1389 and #1688 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #2466 and #1107.
Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2201 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3015 and #1743.
Mathilde Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1785 and #1962 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #2488 and #1245.

Moved the opposite way to Joelle

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Joelle went from #1112 to #3015 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Joelle went from #1112 to #3015 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Joelle went from #1112 to #3015 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Joelle went from #1112 to #3015 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Joelle

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Joelle went from #1112 to #3015 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Joelle went from #1112 to #3015 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Joelle went from #1112 to #3015 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Joelle went from #1112 to #3015 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1984 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #442 in Republic of Ireland in 1988. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Joelle

Joelle at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Joelle across 2 official records

Joelle by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Joelle at a glance

Joelle across 2 official records

Joelle by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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